Atheists: How does it make you feel when a really good song has LORD or GOD or something in the lyrics?

I don't care. At all.

It would seem to me that God is a very emotional part of life.

We always use terms like oOh my God, or go to hell, whether or not we believe in it. It's just a sense of being emotional and using phrases to rightly grasp those emotional situation.

And songs are an emotional outlet, so it would make sense that some songs would use terms like God and Lord.

And in any case, I'm not christian but I still like the song Amazing Grace.

Nah, I don't mind too much. Heck, I even like some of Evanescence's stuff, and I'm a feisty anti-religion secular humanist. If it's a good song, it's a good song, and who cares if the singer throws around filler words like "god"?

Lemme guess...watching Happy Feet too, huh?

As for words like that, I just ignore it. Have to do that a lot these days once the radio stations turn to Christmas music 24/7 for over a month.

I love the song Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd, and that song talks about someone being up above. I kind of treat it like a radio edit and just move on.

Sometimes it's an empty word or phrase and sometimes it reflects the songwriter's feelings. If it's a good song, it's a good song. If it contains content that the songwriter believes is literal truth and I think is only mythic, that won't make it a bad song.

I think in Somebody to Love it's just a fill in word. I generally don't care too much unless it gets very religious.

Check out: SONG: Boy Child Jesus Born on Christmas day by Group: BONEY M.

Also: Check out Little Drummer boy.

Bocelli--he is wonderful

I don't really care. A lot of songs are good that refer to god or religion. I also think religion is a good thing. To some people it is their basis for morality. Its not the foundation of my morals but it helps others to have their own.

Sometimes it confuses me to like religious music. They really have some good music, though!

@blueeyes_darksoul: I like the version of Spirit in the Sky that Gareth Gates did. It makes me laugh =)

No problem, I also like songs about UFOs, suicide and murder and plenty of other things I don't believe in or engage in... Also... I have to admit a lot of great classical music is about religion or was inspired by it, as were some great paintings. The artistic world is as wide as the world itself, I don't expect it to conform to my philosophy.